Repositioning Educational Leadership - Practitioners Leading from an Inquiry Stance

"This book will demonstrate that when leaders pose previously unnamed problems, and find ways to bring together working groups of students, principals, central office administrators, school faculties, parents, and/or members of the community for joint inquiry, it is more likely that new, effective solutions can be found through participatory processes of rethinking educational practices, categories, policies, and expectations. The argument is that when school, district, and other educational leaders position themselves as inquirers, their leadership can illuminate and improve many aspects of institutional life and create intellectually demanding and rich learning environments - for both adults and children"--

About the author

James H. Lytle is a former urban school superintendent and practice professor of educational leadership at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE). Susan L. Lytle is professor emerita of education at Penn GSE. Michael C. Johanek is senior fellow at Penn GSE and directs their Mid-Career Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership. Kathy J. Rho is assistant director of the Mid-Career Program at Penn GSE.

Summary

This groundbreaking volume encourages educational leaders to reposition the way they think about leadership and its challenges. Experienced school and district leaders reveal how they conceptualize their roles; how they learn by posing and solving problems of practice; and how they cope with increasing expectations and complexity in their work.

Product details

• Authors: James H. (EDT)/ Lytle Lytle
• Assisted by: Michael Johanek (Reader / Narrator), Michael Johanek (Editor), Michael C. Johanek (Editor), James H. Lytle (Editor), Susan L. Lytle (Editor), Kathy J. Rho (Editor)
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9780807759226
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-5922-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Practitioner Inquiry; Practitioner Inquiry Series; Practitioner Inquiry; Practitioner Inquiry Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system